Harvesters – Fruit gatherer
Patent
1977-10-18
1980-05-13
Kinsey, Russell R.
Harvesters
Fruit gatherer
56329, A01D 4600, A01D 4622
Patent
active
042021588
ABSTRACT:
A crop harvesting apparatus particularly suited for harvesting of tree-borne crops. Each of a plurality of crop-severing rods has its first end rotatably connected to a support plate so that the rods extend substantially perpendicular to the plate. Each crop-severing rod includes a shaft member and a cover member. Each cover member has a substantially circular cross-section of undulant diameter. Preferably, the maximum undulant diameter of each rod is adjacent the minimum undulant diameter of adjacent rods. The rods are thrust among crop-bearing foliage and rotated to remove the crops from the foliage. In one embodiment a crop catcher is provided, including a flexible body member, capable of assuming a rolled position, adjacent the apparatus, and an extended position overlying an area of ground to catch crops severed from crop-bearing foliage by the crop-severing rods.
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Hirsch Paul J.
Kinsey Russell R.
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